now, this is an army that will be not the army that you think about later. just a couple things struck me as i was doing this. one of the standards of course was a terrible miscommunication. jackson had a bad campaign. given over fatigue and illness were not sure but he doesn't do very well. in fact we had serious questions about stonewall jackson, docked in that campaign. another thing that struck me was the amount. there was a lot of gold southern boys that were not interested in fighting. when they can close to a battlefield they were not around and this is going to be a problem throughout 62 we are going to fall a bit more when we get into antietam but this was clearly a problem at that time. how they were not a machine buy any means and the small firm hills. with a question has been argued and still remains argued and i just saw a recent argue in the civil war times illustrated in america's civil war comparing the and to grant i think the premise and part is wrong in the sense if you look at the western campaigns there are a lot more movements maneuvere

this is an army that will be not the army did you think about later. just a couple of things that struck me. one of the standard things, of course, terrible mass communication. jackson had a bad campaign. given over to 50 in dallas. we are not sure, but he doesn't do very well. in fact, lee had serious questions about someone jackson's conduct in that campaign. but one of the other things that struck me was the amount. my goodness. a lot of good all seven boys that weren't interested. when they came close to the battlefield they went around. this is going to be a problem throughout 62. we get into antietam, but this is clearly a problem at that time. just for an example of how they weren't a machine by any means, and that is malvern hill, the question has been argued and still remains argued. i just saw recent market -- article. the premise and part is wrong. piteous to a string of bloody battles. if you're engaged in bloody battles you will lose more men. it is aligned there. he said it was not war but murder. the confederate slipped to five trips wer

you can't run an army that way. so, lee and turned inherited an army that was not quite ready for what lee is going to expect of them. yet i thought about this when i was doing it, i'm thinking you can't write in the book at all the stars align. people would think, you can't prove all the stars aligned. but in the sense, all the stars aligned for the confederacy on that june day. you have robert e. lee who is of unknown quantity and quality certainly, but there is nobody really in the army of the potomac, union army of the potomac which were at the gates of richmond, that simply -- i know their names, stonewall jackson, james long street, jeb stuart, ap hill, dhl, there simply wasn't in the union army those kind of subordinates. so what they needed, if you will, with somebody who could take them somewhere, and that man was lee who rode out that morning on sunday june 1. what did tranforty immediately? he did what he would do for the next three years. he went to work. he issued an order immediately sang that all comm

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war the beginning in one nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the autumn of one nine hundred forty one and the last between two and three million tons of killed missing and captured. i think few in the world could have sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not. as high come on to believe at that point the soviet union. and what was it that kept the red army fighting that's the sixty four thousand. question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was necessary to be tough and new autumn of nineteen forty one and stalin result would be defended and they would keep fighting but it was a. profound truth that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a battle for the survival and what was at stake was not just a communist system but russia as a country in the soviet union in the boardroom so it's not and it really did become a part of it war it was unusual time in the red army did develop quite a lot during a time of. what do you think explains the mark

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third army. the army that would come ashore under brad's twelfth army group after d-day. brad was so unhappy with patton at this point that even on the eve of the invasion as bradley and his staff were sitting around the uss augusta the night before the boats were supposed to go out, the men spent part of their time swapping their patton stories which were calculated to make patton look like a buffoon. in the summer of 1944, patton's army arrived in europe and inexplicably patton and bradley put aside whatever personal differences they have or whatever stylistic differences they had and became pretty good friends, certainly good part is. patton happily did what brad told him to do and although they had some minor disagreements in the beginning at least on the surface they got along well. as in tunisia they began to work closely with each other and it was not only because they were doing well on the ground but because there was a certain measure of fear and that would be fear of the british of all people. ever since the sicilian campaign, bradley and patton felt slighted b

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it was why he joined the army men the one main reason. i came here to try to undo your reagan trade during the russian league try to mean everything. and i have opportunity to cheer to play. one of the leading roles in this team and that's one thing i was missing in and be well kristie just likely to be a starter and serious crimes go to man me i will probably have to be content with playing time on the court however the american scene is his versatility could prove to be a major plus point for the army even at the end of the i just want to try to do things to help the team win whether it's rebounding scoring the ball or passing the wall or playing defense and you know i feel like on this team i can really help you know in a lot of different ways because it is not so much pressure on one individual guy each game but as a collective group we can find ways to do a lot of little things to help this team the way they are serious come our club in transition but many of the old guard stepping down however the army men have been quick to replace

one at the beginning in one nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the autumn of one thousand nine hundred he wanted to last between two and three million in terms of killed in this thing and should i think few of his in the world could to sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for him and his high come on to believe at that point the soviet union would cave and what was it that kept the red army fighting that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was nice. sorry to be tough and the autumn of nineteen forty one installed in result most would be de-funded and they would keep fighting but it was a. profound truth to see that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a battle for the survival and what was at stake was not just the communist system but russia as a country in the soviet union i was in the boardroom so it's not really did become a part of it will it was unusual time in the red army did de

in the beginning and nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the autumn of nine hundred forty one the last between two and three million tons of killed in this thing and should . i think few of them is in the world to sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not. this high come on to believe at that point the soviet union. what was it that kept the red army fighting that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was also churches and profound treaties and what was at stake was not just a communist system but russia as a country and it really did become a culture of it was certainly by the end astonishing drug that that to try and better equip and i believe there was just the science or the technical side germany could very well have won it either in one nine hundred forty one nine hundred forty two but it was love of the model and it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting that the germans underestimated hitler wa

army american war your series. is also the editor of the book by a civil war officer, the artillery service in the war of the rebellion, a forthcoming publication due out later this year. he has even talked on this book at the annual association on the u.s. army convention in december, in december under in -- that was also film for c-span booktv. so today is an encore performance for dr. kaplan. >> thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen. and as soon as we get the screen down i will get my slides up. well, there ago. just bear with me. it's my pleasure to be with you today and i think you'll know a lot more about my topic, homer lea, about 20 minutes from now then when you walk into. at least i think most of you will. if you're interested in people that helped shape world events, i think you'll find homer lea of particular interest. if you are all a live -- excuse me. if you are a live 100 years ago this week, you would know who homer lea was. he had status equivalent to a sports star or popular figure in a

on at the beginning a nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the order of nine hundred forty one in the last between two and three million tons of killed in this thing and captured i think few of them is in the world could have sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not from this high command to believe at that point the soviet union. what was it that kept the red army fighting that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was necessary to be tough and new which of nineteen forty one installed in result most would be defended and they would keep fighting but it was sure to some profound truth to see that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a battle for the survival and what was at stake was not just the communist system but russia as a country in the soviet union in the boardroom was not and it really did become a part of it war it was an unusual time and the red army did develop quite a lot during the

wrong and of course the red army was course deeply unprepared in nine hundred forty one your book is about the sort of human story behind the how did it develop militarily cheering the current. beginning and nine hundred forty one on the road i mean was that. by the order of nine hundred forty one the roads between two and three million in terms of killed missing and captured i think few are in the world could sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for him in this high come on to believe at that point the soviet union would cave in and what was it that kept the red army fighting. the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was necessary to be tough and new york with nine hundred forty one and startling results that most would be defended and there keep fighting but it was also true to some profound patrick jephson that the right on the recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a powerful facade rival and what was at stake was not just the communist system

it destroyed the german army it destroyed the. throughout the war the majority of germany with resources with concentrated on the front even after d.-day more frequent it's. division its military divisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the biggest battles took place they could schedule to place under. the road on a sustained more casualties than the joy they could also replace those casualty expects so it became a war of attrition and also. really it was going to be germany that would lead us that way and it was this dreaded phrase a war on two fronts wasn't. brought hitler believed that a war on two fronts could work if you won the war i can't see the soviet union quickly and of course if i'm on quickly that could well be the case but once the war started dragging on until nine hundred forty two nine hundred forty three germany was the worst and that marked which had behaved with a deal of decorum on the western front it's behaved in a completely different way in the east didn't it what do you put that down s

it destroyed the german army it destroyed. throughout the war the majority of its resources were concentrated on the eastern front and even off the d.j. more free porches divisions in the divisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the pickets profits took place because casualties took place and although the road on the system had more casualties than the germans could do with replace those casualties back so it became a war for tresham. ultimately it was going to be germany that would lose that war and it was this dreaded phrase that war on two fronts wasn't. well hitler believed that a war on two fronts could work if you will war against the soviet union quickly and of course if it had been won quickly that could well be the case but once the war started dragging on into nineteen forty two nineteen forty three germany was lost and the very marked which had behaved with a deal of decorum on the western front it's behaved in a completely different way in the east since that what do you put that down well part

and the other part that was much harder for them to acknowledge was that an army of the same to feed to demoralize them last in a matter of weeks and five days turned itself around and started fighting and resisting with stupendous power and the first turning point was outside moscow the germans expected to take the conflict so they were later than they thought but they still thought that would on the war and it was the strength and determination of resistance that caught them by surprise how does a campaign hit was repeatedly. taking western russia would in fact be more of a drain on germany's economic resources than it would be beneficial why did he go ahead with the campaign anyway. was motivated by his own sons of leadership he believed he had a mission and almost divine mission a very dark divinity. to lead his people to great success and it was this mission that he was going to follow on on a fundamental level he was never really going to listen to advise that he perceived that the soviet union was the enemy and he also believed its resources could be plundered and used for a g

and there's army strong. that's right it's a new sponsorship deal where the pentagon is using its money to lure young people to go to war i mean to lure young people to their facebook page to watch exclusive clips of the x.-men yeah it's pretty blatant pro-war propaganda that completely leaves out the realities and the dangers of fighting in conflicts so why are they getting away with it and how long is this kind of thing going on joining me to discuss that is david sirota radio host and best selling author of the book back to our future how the one nine hundred eighty s. explain the world we live in now david always nice to have you on the show and i think we've all seen a lot of those ridiculous ads coming from our armed forces that really glorify what it is to be a member of the armed forces to go into war but you think of this crosses a new line where suddenly they throw fictional mutants into the mix. well you're right to say this is a bigger story it is a longer story the military has been advertising a

people were chanting that the army and the people are one, calling the army not to intervene in the cities, not to make any armed purpose against the people and to not try to kill the people in other cities. the also made a statement signed by the people telling the army not to repeat what has happened in other cities of syria. there is also worry because it is surrounded by the army. it is expected that it will be attacked by the army any minute now. >> are people really worried about going back to protest against the regime? or are they still really defined? >> actually, we see that people, even in the area are in siege of the army. they went to protest today even, even under army and security siege. there was a protest and heavy gunfire against the protest there. if people are going -- people are going on to protest around the country, actually. >> there may be differences between both sides, but over the last few hours, loud explosions have shaken the libyan capital of aaa during a resumption of nato air attacks. there have been no reports so far of any casualties. meanwhile, this tug

well it destroyed the german army it destroyed the. throughout. war the majority of its resources were concentrated on the eastern front and even after d.-day more three quarters. divisions military divisions were fighting on the eastern front so it was where the biggest battles took place the biggest casualties took place under. the road system and more casualties than the city could also replace the casualties. so it became a war of attrition and ultimately it was going to be germany that would lose that war and it was destroyed it frays a war on two fronts wasn't it well believed that a war on two fronts could work if you won the war against the soviet union quickly and of course if had been won quickly that could have well been the case but once the war started dragging on into nine hundred forty two nine hundred forty three germany was lost and that mocked which had behaved with a deal of decorum on the western front behaved in a completely different way in the east didn't it what do you put that down to well after the war the german claimed

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what was it that kept the red army. that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was necessary to be tough and the autumn of nineteen forty one and stalin was old so moscow would be defended and they would keep fighting but it was also sure to some profound truths and that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a powerful for survival and what was at stake was not just a communist system but russia as a country on the soviet union i was in the boardroom and without really did become a part sure of it war it was unusual time in the red army. devote quite a lot during the time it comes what do you think explains the marked difference in its effectiveness from say nine hundred forty one to for example the starting block in which it secured a stunning victory but of course that technical reasons that the red army in the midst of war is is retraining. and of course it's the worst possible time to do it but they are doing

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i'd like to begin by giving you a sense of the army airha corps from 1940 became the40 army air force surely afterame the war it became the united states air force. what it was like for african americans as the unitedwa states was on the eve of war.ri going back, the rest of theac world was at war and japan had invaded china and germany w had invaded poland united states had not entered the war but it was a world war. franklin roosevelt knew the united states was headed for involvement and led the nation along kicking and a screaming. the army air corps was all white any positions at other buyers were cooks our security personnel.the should generals in charge like it that way. they had come up from world war i when obviously thear army air corps was all white. that was the world they knew. they expected it to stay that waykn. they had no plans to include african-americans in theirway branch of service. they have some researchey h backing them up.st the were college commissioned a study with the use of negro manpower that was meant to study how african-americans have performed in world

it's only the beginning and nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the autumn of nine hundred forty one the last between two and three million tons of killed in this thing and should. i think few of them is in the world could sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not from. this high come on to believe that about point the soviet union. and what was it that kept the rats on the fighting that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin but it was also has a profound treaties and what was at stake was not just the communist system but russia as a country and it really did become a culture of it will certainly by the end astonishing drug that that to try and i'm better equipped and i believe that if it was just the science or the technical side germany could very well have won it either in one nine hundred forty one nine hundred forty two but it was the love of the model and it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting that the ger

it was a church in some profound triclosan that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a battle for survival and what was at stake was not just a communist system but russia as a country and the soviet union was in the boardroom so it's not and it really did become a part true of it war it was an unusual time in the developed quite a lot during a time of conflict it's what do you think explains the marked difference in its effectiveness from say nine hundred forty one to for example the fact that stalin got in which is secured a stunning victory but of course the technical reasons that the red army in the midst of war is is retraining. and of course it's the worst possible time to do it but they are doing it and to give them credit this begins to make a difference they transferred their industry as they got them up and running and certainly by the end of stoning broad. and better equipped but the germans still fermentable and i believe their kids it was just the science or the technical side germany could very well have run it either in one nine hundred forty one

the army air corps was all white. the only african-americans who had positions in the army air corps worker looks, janitors, security personnel who guarded the fence around the base. the generals in charge of the army air corps like that way. they had come up in world war i when the army air corps was all white. that was the world they knew. they liked it that way and expected to stay that way. they had no plans whatsoever to include african-americans in any way in their branch of the service. they had some research backing them up. following world war i they commissioned a study called the use of negro man power in war that was meant to study are african-americans performed in world war i and to use that research in planning for the next war. this was created in 1925 but still form the basis of army human resources policy as late as 1939-1940. it began under the terms of the constitution the negro has the rights of citizenship and as evidence he must bear his share of the war. it continues the negro is physically qua

the army is the same way. even as late as march 2010 with only about 50% of their required equipment because we just had not programmed and ordered it far enough in advance that it was there to be issued to them when they came out of the training base. today when army units come out of the training base, they are equipped 80% to 90% with all of their equipment. again, it is -- i haven't sat and talked to bing about which particular units he was with but i would go back and do some forensics on that and think we would probably find that. but there are a couple of factors. if you fix the pay. if you fix partnering. if you give them some predictability in their life. predictability in a sense they know they are not always going to be committed in combat but are going to have a time period off to go home and see their family and if you fix the leadership, those are huge. we changed out the -- the afghans changed out the senior leadership. collectively we all talked about it and they made the decision to change it

it's only at the beginning in one nine hundred forty one the red army was hunted. by the autumn of one thousand nine hundred he wanted to last between two and three million tons of killed in this thing and captured i think few are in the world could do sustain that level of punishment and still carried on fighting and it was not madness for him and his high come on to believe at that point the soviet union would cave and what was it that kept the red army fighting that's the sixty four thousand dollar question an extraordinary mix of. brutal leadership tough leadership from stalin. but it was necessary to be tough and new which of nineteen forty one installed in result most would be defended and they would keep fighting but it was a. profound truth to see that the red army recovered from the initial crisis realized it was a battle for the survival and what was at stake was not just the communist system but russia as a country in the soviet union i was in the boardroom so it's not really did become a part of it will it was unusual time in the red army did develop qu

so, both to buttress the army's case and prevent problems, the army's leaders, most notably assistant secretary of war john mccloy, engaged in trickery. they withheld evidence. they rewrote other evidence to make the government's case better. i don't have time to go into the details of this in the end, the supreme court decided 6-3, that the government's policy could be split up. that the actual removal of japanese americans from the coast could be split up from the confinement that followed, and so that the policy of removing people based on their japanese ethnicity was acceptable in the case of a wartime emergency. this was later challenged in the 1980s by researchers who found evidence that the government has engaged in trickery and manipulation and a federal court overturned the conviction of fred koromatsu who was later awarded the presidential medal of freedom. >> your fdr book from the' 20s is striking. i'm wondering, since the interment is one of the black clouds over fdr's president circumstance if you -- presidency, how that type of attitude influenced his wartime decision.

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what is it like being in gaddafi's army? how does he get people to fight if you do not fight, it will call you a traitor and kill you. -- of the lookouthe fighting go. >> the president will go on trial next monday. he fled to saudi arabia after being toppled by mass protests. the prime minister said the added president bush -- the ousted president face charges relating to the alleged discovery of millions of dollars of cash and weapons. there is still problems with trouble in the southern hemisphere. >> the situation has not improved from yesterday and we have air passengers across south america facing huge disruption because of this ongoing eruption from tochile. flights have been canceled and the impact is felt as far away as australia and new zealand. >> de nine and this change of volcanos keeps on spewing out cash. on sunday, when things seem to be returning to normal, another major eruption. and this was the result. this is rio negro province. most of the ash has been blown away from chile and much of it has landed here

you have the army. but you wanted to see is to encourage a some kind of mutiny from within the army. once you have seen that, you will see some change. today, funny enough, friday, which is an intelligent day in most arab countries, -- which is an important day in most arab countries. the people the damage at one to say that we are not sectarian. we are not turning against each other, we all have legitimate needs. president assad will have his speech next week to talk to the nation. >> how many more friday's lead takes before this change? >> it would take a few more. we have seen some signs. the regime is running out of money and the sanctions might have some kind of affect. >> thank you so much for coming out. in yemen, the unrest continues and it is not clear who is running the country. there was a large protest in the capital which protesters calling for a transitional government to replace president saleh. today, the government denied reports that he will not be going home. they insisted that the pr

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army. >> i join the army to fight for other people's freedom. and i ended up losing mine. >> reporter: this is chris cuomo for "nightline" in new york. >> and we give our thanks to chris cuomo for that report. thanks for watching abc news. we hope you tune in for "good morning america," bright and early. ey

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is this the army and isi generals? there's no system representatives of the people to determine the policy whether it is a terrorism policy or with respect to india or the united states afghanistan. the question is whether it is constitutional within the pakistanis for isi to determine the foreign policy and if it does not and what does it make isi or the army? and the pakistani people, if they are looking for people responsible for the state in pakistan it has enemies within our site trying to destabilize the country. if this is the result of the foreign policy over the years, then who is responsible, who is in control, and who is constitutional? >> i think it is a question of decision making in sight who makes a decision with onset policy. who would like to answer that? >> if i can try one of the constitutional authority which exists in pakistan in the form of the civilian government and parliament refuses to take the responsibility and refuses to direct the military one way or the other than the military steps in an

tools that you and the german army i participate trough to keep the filthy truth against the russians. or. the justification was we were fighting a brutal war of survival. but war with darker than any other war in the twentieth century indeed possibly in human history. on the seventieth anniversary the more of that coming up a little bit later just like you know also coming up this hour in about twenty five minutes there's a wednesday night the twenty second of june we've got the latest sport as well just take a look at our web site are. more if you want to update yourself on on our top story that awful plane crash in korea we've got eyewitnesses there that we're talking to it r t dot com and a chance to have your say as well to pass on your condolences as well it's always good to hear from you r.t. dot com if you want to catch up more on our top story tonight rights now we're twenty two minutes past ten at night let's catch up with the business and country. thank you kevin how welcome to aunty's business bullets and there's a multi-billion dollar dog fight taking place at the paris a

rutted lames the army for taking the life of his younger brother and the revolution from giving the army so much power. we expected the army to intervene to protect people just don't whine and spray but instead they started to kill people themselves who didn't expect that all of that it was the people of egypt didn't expect many things they didn't expect the economy to collapse they didn't imagine the path to a free and democratic society would be such a bloody and painful one they just wanted to free from dictatorship and didn't expect it all to find themselves under get another one in military one the power in egypt now or since mubarak is out rest firmly in the hands of the military chiefs of staff. they were sitting literally in the pentagon war room when the twitter revolution started they are running the show there has been an old displacement about military power but this is a washington installed as i call it in my book full spectrum dominance took our theory and democracy the people who stood on to here's where we do that the regime of the press them for more than three decades

the soldiers went in with tanks and army vehicles. they brought bulldozers and they started to attack the buildings. they stole whatever they wanted and then tay set fire to them. >> the people of syria have been all but sealed off for three months now as the president has tried to crush a rebellion he blames on religious extremists. >> what many people tell us that the syrian army and police are getting closer to this edge. we believe they're two or three miles in that direction. on the other side of the country, we also know that army units are getting closer to centers of rebellion along the iraqi border. the tactic seems clear, the army, the regime is trying to assert its dominance across the country to quash the rebellion. >> and this many here told us is how the army's doing it. we can't show this mobile phone footage. it's of a dead man with a long bloody wound along the top of his skull. what does this make them think of their president -- >> assad she's a trader, he told us. he should give us our free do such open decent was

now the army chief consistently says they will stay out of politics. they do not know whether the red shirts will accept this government. this is a general behind the government. the people do not believe him that he will not stage a coup. >> this crisis is often portrayed as a struggle between thailand and the urban it leaked? >> it is not that simple. in general, we have one big city in bangkok. the rest is the world hinterland. we have a deep urban/world divide. this is what is pretty much behind this conflict. the urban working-class is also supporting the forces. it can be portrayed as rural /urban conflict, but this is also an elite conflict. the middle class and the bureaucrats are running the country for centuries. >> to do you think is going to live the election? >> they have won the last elections and the ones before, the red shirts. the democrats have never managed to win an election in the last 10 years. >> a thailand expert with the german institute of global and area studies. thank you very much. according to one estimate, 40% voters are

was scrambling trying to figure our how the rescue them. >> jon: meanwhile, the army finds them, but they can't get to them because they're in the middle of unchartered... so they drop other people in. >> yes. >> jon: but then they can't get those people out. >> it's an army plan, jon. so they drop 11 paratroopers in, led by a guy who is still around, a 90-year-old guy earl walter. >> jon: who is like seven feet tall. >> he's like what they thought the cannibals would be. an earl walter leads this team in to protect them from the thousands of stone-aged cannibals who live there in this valley while the army is saying, well, we got to figure out some escape plan. in the meantime, let's put more guys in. >> so meanwhile, they sit in the jungle with these guys eating spam and canned bacon for like two months. >> yeah, yeah. it was actually almost like r&r. >> jon: crazy. then they decide, let's walk out of here. >> right. >> jon: let's dplied out of here. >> they realize... new guinea is this incredible tropical jungle. you can't get out of it. so they just say, we're going to do this,

they require more wealth in order to maintain these armies these are long service armies twenty years or so they have to be taken care of when they become redundant things of this sort it alters the power picture radically and that's of course what ultimately brought down the roman republic. attention abbate inattention are mated dishes iron hand is a sack a leg. i'm .

one of the biggest challenges that the north korean's army faces. it's fairly obvious that inadequate resources particularly food and fuel limits the training of traditional conventional forces. now, when i say traditional conventional forces, i'm speaking about armor mechanized forces, self-propelled artillery, et cetera. they have the equivalent of four mechanized corps, about 30,000 guys in each corps, 3,000 vehicles, et cetera, et cetera. it takes a lot to run those guys out in field training and they do not have simulators or nato allies or south korea, for example. this has been an issue. and the dprk must prevent malnutrition and health issues from leading to discipline issues. kim jong-il figured out this problem fairly quickly. his father died soon after the general briefed president carter. in 1995, there was a revolt in the sixth corps which sets a north province near the chinese border an entire corps revolting. kim jong-il found out about this revolt from the commanding general of the area. his response was to send his crack division by